fandomhigh | Ethics [Thursday, September 3, 1st period]

Anakin walked into his classroom precisely on time and gave the students assembled there an appraising glance as the door clicked shut behind him. If you were late, you weren't getting in. "I'm Master Skywalker," he said in a voice that was intended to carry, "this is Ethics, and we're going to skip the introductions--I'll figure out who you are--and move straight to our first discussion."

He paced around the room, cloak flaring out behind him, as he handed out the syllabus. "Today's topic," he said, pointing to the top of the page. "Self sacrifice: knowing the difference between saving people and being a pretentious twit."

"Any time I ask a a group of people what they would do to save someone they love, they all blither on about how they would set the world on fire, lie, cheat, steal, kill, die, et cetera, et cetera. I've been at this school too long to believe that half of you haven't already been put into this situation and I'm in no mood to hear adolescent ramblings about how wonderful you were or might hypothetically be. Instead I want you to give me a concrete example of a time you admitted to yourself that a problem cannot be solved, and that to sacrificing yourself wasn't a statement, but merely pointless?" His gaze swept the room. "How long does it take for you to realize you can't fix everything by yourself?"

He would hear the replies and choose his TAs from there.

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She kind of was. Except... emotion. Soon Hayley would probably be dripping on her and Azula liked what she was wearing. She knew how to handle this with Ty Lee (no, she didn't) but Azula barely knew Hayley.

"Stop crying," she ordered, tossing a red handkerchief to Hayley.

Hayley dabbed at her eyes and nodded, doing her best to at least pretend to get a grip on herself.

"Yes, Azula," she said, like a good little soldier.

"Good," she said, approving. "You failed your friend, I hope you're not going to make the same mistake again."

"I won't, I promise," Hayley said, shaking her head. She didn't want to fail anyone else. Especially someone like Azula.

"Do you know how you won't fail?" She was smiling.

"I just gotta... work harder?" Hayley said.

"Exactly." Azula's smile was a little wider. "See, you're doing better already."

Hayley felt a little warm inside, happy that Azula seemed pleased with that. "I don't wanna disappoint you," she said.

"Then don't," she replied. "I'll start you're training next week."

Azula leaned back, very satisfied. "Keep the handkerchief."

"Training?" Hayley said. "Oh boy! I can't wait."

"Training," she confirmed. "I suggest you prepare yourself, I'm no easy taskmaster."

"Oh, I'll work hard for ya, don't you worry," Hayley said.

"We'll see," Azula said non-committal.

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